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“After his release, Stockdale was asked which prisoners didn't make it out. 'Oh, that's easy, he told the journalist. 'The optimists.' Stockdale explained that certain men clung to the hope that they'd be out by Christmas, but then Christmas passed. Then they lived for Easter, and Easter passed. Eventually, the men who were trying to hope their way out 'died of a broken heart'.”

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